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Republic County and Northern Cloud County

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Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and scope of the investigation

Location and extent of the area

Previous investigations

Methods of investigation

Acknowledgments

Geography

Topography and drainage

Population

Transportation

Agriculture

Natural resources and industries

Climate

Geology

Summary of stratigraphy

Pre-Cenozoic geologic history

Paleozoic Era

Mesozoic Era

Cenozoic geologic history by S. W. Lohman

Tertiary Period

Quaternary Period

Pleistocene Epoch

Late Pleistocene and Recent events

Ground water

Source

Occurrence

Artesian conditions

The water table and movement of ground water

Shape and slope

Relation to topography

Fluctuations in water level

Recharge

Recharge from local precipitation

Percolation from outside of area

Seepage from streams and ponds

Discharge

Discharge by evaporation and transpiration

Seepage into streams

Discharge from springs

Discharge from wells

Recovery

General features

Wells

Dug wells

Bored wells

Driven wells

Drilled wells

Wells in consolidated rocks

Wells in unconsolidated deposits

Utilization

Domestic and stock supplies

Irrigation supplies

Public supplies

Availability of large ground-water supplies

Chemical character of water

Chemical constituents in relation to use

Dissolved solids

Hardness

Iron

Fluoride

Water for irrigation

Sanitary considerations

Quality in relation to water-bearing formations

Geologic formations and their water-bearing properties

Paleozoic rocks

Cretaceous System

Gulfian Series

Dakota formation

Character

Distribution and thickness

Water supply

Graneros shale

Character

Distribution and thickness

Water supply

Greenhorn limestone

Character

Distribution and thickness

Water supply

Carlile shale

Character

Distribution and thickness

Water supply

Quaternary System. Geology by S. W. Lohman, Hydrology by V. C. Fishel

Pleistocene Series

Belleville formation

Redefinition of name

Character

Distribution and thickness

Age and correlation

Water supply

Loess

General features

Age and correlation

Water supply

Pleistocene and Recent Series

Alluvium of the Republican River Valley

Distribution and thickness

Hydrologic properties of the water-bearing materials

Specific yield

Laboratory determinations of permeability

Pumping-test determinations of permeability

Wright pumping test

Ward pumping test

Pumping tests at Concordia Prisoner of War Camp

Summary

Yield of wells

Underflow

Salinity

Conclusions

Records of typical wells

Well logs

Republic County

Cloud County

References

Plates


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geohydrology
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